Abstract:
This study deals with refusal strategies used by character in Despicable Me
movie. It was aimed to investigate types of refusal strategies and the most
dominant of refusal strategies in Despicable Me movie. This study was conducted
by using qualitative descriptive research. The source of data was script of
Despicable Me movie. Data were analyzed utterances by utterances which
contained types of refusal strategies used by character in Despicable Me movie.
Technique for collecting data in this study was documentation and analyzing the
data based on Miles, Huberman, and Saldana. The result showed that there were
36 data refusal strategies found in despicable me movie. It consisted of 8
(22.22%) for directive strategies, and 28 (77.78%) for indirective strategies. The
most dominant of refusal strategies found in despicable me movie was indirective
strategies with amount 28 (77.78%). It means that in despicable me movie that
the speaker gave many reasons, explanations, wishes, statements in refusing
something and the speaker not only long sequences of negotiation and
cooperative achievements, but also ―face saving maneuvers to accommodate the
noncompliant nature of the act‖.
